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From independent music station, K-E-X-P, you're listening to In Our Headphones, a podcast

about the songs we just can't get enough of lately. This is Lillianna Fowler, and this week I'm filling in for Evie Stokes and talking with Lace Cadence. You brought a song to share with us today, Lace. What did you bring? Artist by the name of Jalen Gondda. He's really bubbling right now. It's interesting because he is from here, the U.S., I think,

just outside of D.C., and then he ended up going to music school in Liverpool. His debut album,

come around and love me, made it big. Now he's back with this song. What is it about this song

that you like? I was kind of like surprised to hear him dabble in this genre,

because it's like reggae pretty much.

It's not what I was expecting because he's really core, like soul.

The song, if you want my love, is basically like a very like,

it's hard to explain, but it's this core, very genuine soul from that era, like 60, 70s soul.

And if you want something more, said if you never want to know.

So hearing him do some reggae, I was like, okay, he's got some reach, or he can move around with the music.

So I like that when artists can do that.

They don't stay in a box.

I like that.

Yeah.

And do we know, is he coming out with like a full album? That's a good question. When I heard this, I was like, is he going to do like an EP of raw, like, you know, scah, excuse me, reggae type stuff? I don't know. I think he's alluding to something with this because it'd be weird to just one-off put this out, I feel like.

So maybe he is.

That would be cool if he is.

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